Bioterrorism in 2001: How Ready Are We?
On January 30, 2001, the federal Immigration Department's headquarters in Ottawa were evacuated and shut down following a bioterrorism scare, which turned out to be a hoax. The building reopened 48 h later, after it was determined that the substance found was not anthrax (1). In the same week,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/948124 |
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| Summary: | On January 30, 2001, the federal Immigration Department's headquarters in Ottawa were evacuated and shut down following a bioterrorism scare, which turned out to be a hoax. The building reopened 48 h later, after it was determined that the substance found was not anthrax (1). In the same week, a similar hoax forced the evacuation of an Ontario provincial government building in Toronto (1). |
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| ISSN: | 1180-2332 |